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8th May 2020

White Tailed Eagles Reintroduced To England

The white-tailed eagle, once driven to extinction in the UK, have now returned. The last pair of known white tailed eagles bred on Culver Cliff on the Isle of Wight in 1780, although these birds were spotted in Scotland up until around 1916. A combination of hunting and extensive habitat destruction wiped these creatures out. Now, thanks to a joint project from the Roy Dennis Wildlife Foundation Forestry England, they are being reintroduced back into England.

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Birds / Birds Of Prey / Conservation / Environment / Rare Wildlife

29th November 2019

Too Close to Home

Hen Harriers. A bird that often finds itself in the headlines and usually, due to the plight this species faces, the headlines are rarely positive. As many of us know, and many of...

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Birds / Birds Of Prey / Conservation / Environment / Research / Surveys

13th March 2019

Little owls on the move in Europe

The little owl, Athene noctua, is a small nocturnal owl and is classified as an endangered species on the German Red List. In recent years the existing population of little owls has successfully...

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Birds Of Prey / Conservation / Environment / Mammals / Rare Wildlife / Research

30th January 2019

The Isle of Wight Forest Design Plan

In 2017 the Forestry Commission launched a consultation on their Isle of Wight Forest Design Plan, this is how we responded:- The Isle of Wight’s rich woodlands evolved in presence of wild deer1,2,3,4,...

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Birds / Birds Of Prey / Conservation / Education / Rare Wildlife

15th April 2018

Confined To History

Birds of prey. A natural, awe-inspiring part of our world, prominent and important in many habitats, bio indicators for ecosystem health and huge moneymakers when it comes to tourism. They are beautiful, majestic...

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Birds / Birds Of Prey / Education

31st March 2018

Top 10 Facts: Long-eared Owl

For more from the author of this post, you can check out his personal blog to read other posts in the ‘Top 10 Facts’ series. Among these, articles on the Tawny Owl, Mallard,...

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Birds / Birds Of Prey / Conservation / Mammals / Rare Wildlife

3rd March 2018

Scotland’s wildlife – World Wildlife Day

The 3rd of March is World Wildlife Day! Many organisation use this to raise awareness of the big biodiversity and conservation issues of our time. The big cats, elephants, pandas and penguins battling...

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Birds / Birds Of Prey

24th February 2018

Hunting and Optics: should I feel guilty for where I shop?

It cannot have escaped your attention that, over the past few weeks, some optics companies (those who produce binoculars, scopes and cameras) have received a large amount of criticism due to their ties to...

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Birds / Birds Of Prey

26th January 2018

Why I’m opposed to the idea of Hen Harrier ‘brood management’

I am late to the party on this one I am afraid, and there are already many excellent articles out there regarding the rollout of the Natural England sanctioned Hen Harrier Brood Management...

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Birds / Birds Of Prey / Conservation

31st December 2017

Reflecting on six-months of Gove

Like a great many people, I suspect, the June appointment of Machiavellian, boris-slaying, hardline Brexiteer Michael Gove as Secretary of State for the Environment left me feeling more than just a little pessimistic. Saddened even;...

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